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Crash Champions Opens Sixth South Carolina Location

August 18, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Crash Champions has opened a collision repair center at 1640 Airport Blvd. in West Columbia, S.C., its sixth location in the state and part of a national network the company says now exceeds 650 repair centers in 38 states. The 16,000-square-foot facility sits near Columbia Metropolitan Airport and extends a South Carolina footprint the Chicago-based […]

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Parts Authority Opens 450,000-Square-Foot Distribution Facility in Mississippi

August 12, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Parts Authority has opened a 450,000-square-foot distribution facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi, its first location in the state, the aftermarket parts distributor said Aug. 10. The site enlarges the inventory pool available to collision repair facilities buying through National Auto Body Parts Powered by Parts Authority, the company’s collision banner. Parts availability and delivery speed […]

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Kirmac Collision & Autoglass Opens 29th Location in Penticton, British Columbia

July 24, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Kirmac Collision & Autoglass has opened a collision and glass repair facility in Penticton, British Columbia, the family-owned company’s first location in the South Okanagan and the 29th in its Western Canada network. The opening marks the second time Kirmac has tied a new market to its May 2025 acquisition of Bannister Automotive Group’s collision […]

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Root Launches Behavior-Based Auto Insurance in New Jersey, Its 37th State

July 23, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Root Inc. (NASDAQ: ROOT) has begun selling its telematics-based auto insurance in New Jersey, the 37th state where the Columbus, Ohio-based insurer operates and a step that extends its coverage to more than 80% of the U.S. population. The launch moves Root toward its stated goal of offering coverage across the entire contiguous U.S. by […]

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Kinetic Enters Arizona with Two Phoenix ADAS Hubs, Opens First Los Angeles-Area Location

June 25, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Kinetic, which operates a network of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) calibration and diagnostics hubs, has opened three new facilities โ€” two in Phoenix and one in Inglewood, California โ€” expanding its third-party calibration network to 11 locations across four states. The Phoenix openings mark the company’s entry into Arizona. The hubs provide appraisal, diagnostics, programming […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Arizona, Calibration, California, Kinetic, Openings

Kirmac Collision & Autoglass Opens 28th Location

June 24, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Kirmac Collision & Autoglass has opened a collision and glass repair facility in Mission, British Columbia, Canada deepening the family-owned company’s footprint in the Fraser Valley and bringing its network to 28 locations. “We had been looking to open a location in Mission for many years,” said Sean McIntosh, president and CEO. “We’re proud to […]

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Plasnomic to Open First Plastic Repair Excellence Center in Dallas

June 18, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Plasnomic announced June 17 that it will open its first Plastic Repair Excellence Center in Dallas, Texas in August, establishing a combined repair, research, recycling and training facility that the organization intends as the flagship for a planned network of similar centers. The center is built around a repair-first approach to automotive plastic components โ€” […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Openings, Plasnomic, Plastic Repair, Sustainability, Texas

Crash Champions Opens Fifth New Hampshire Location

June 9, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Crash Champions has opened a collision repair center at 16 Rockingham Road in Windham, N.H., its fifth location in the state and an addition to a national network the company says now exceeds 650 repair centers. The 25,000-square-foot facility sits along the Route 28 corridor in southern New Hampshire. Its opening continues a state buildout […]

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Safelite Reopens Renovated Columbus Headquarters With New Glass Bridge

May 18, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Safelite officially reopened its renovated Columbus, Ohio, home office May 14 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by city, regional and state leaders. The two-building campus is now joined by a new glass bridge, and Columbus-based associates will return to the office full-time on June 1. Safelite has been headquartered in Columbus since 1989, when the […]

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GEICO Opens Tampa Campus with Plans to Add 1,500 Jobs

May 8, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

GEICO officially opened a new 190,000-square-foot, three-building campus in Tampa, Fla., on May 7, with plans to add 1,500 jobs at the site as the company expands its Florida footprint to roughly 4,400 employees statewide. The build-out adds claims-handling capacity in one of the country’s largest auto insurance markets at a time when GEICO is […]

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